Diasporan Perspectives – The Gulbenkian Initiative on Armenian Issues (Սփիւռքեան հեռանկարներ) commissions, publishes and disseminates new research in the social sciences focusing on the Armenian Diaspora and Armenia. It brings together leaders, policy makers and experts.

The think tank aims to contextualise the Armenian experience in a wider international setting. Based in the Diaspora, the initiative brings diasporan perspectives on national issues amplifying the outside-in approach as well as giving the Armenian Diaspora possibility to reclaim its own independent thinking on national issues. Its mission is “to foster cutting-edge social science research, analysis and strategic thinking that is transformative, open to the world and Armenian focussed.”

On 5 December 2025 a roundtable discussion was organised to mark the official launch of Diasporan Perspectives. It was opened by the President of the Foundation, Professor António Feijó, and addressed key questions such as, why it was created, what goals it hopes to achieve, how it will engage with stakeholders and how it will promote strategic thinking?